Synodic month length 29.42 days

Length of current 703 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 10 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 704 length.

Lunation length shorter than mean

Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 34 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 35 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.

Lunar orbit position on 30 November 2056 Thursday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠353.9°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠353.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon before perigee

8 days after point of apogee on 21 November 2056 at 23:18 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 December 2056 at 09:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 378 531 km

Moon after ascending node

4 days after its ascending node on 25 November 2056 at 19:20 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 December 2056 at 17:42 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

Moon after northern standstill

4 days after previous North standstill on 25 November 2056 at 17:50 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.815°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.839° in the next southern standstill on 8 December 2056 at 17:13 in ♑ Capricorn.